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48 | April 19, 2018 | The wilmette beacon sports wilmettebeacon.com Baseball New Trier holds off furious HP rally Michael Wojtychiw Sports Editor Going into the top of the seventh, and final inning, with a 9-1 lead, it would have been easy for New Trier coach Mike Napoleon to put all new players into the game and cruise to an easy home win. Napoleon did something he has only done one other time this season, he inserted stud first baseman Anthony Calarco as a pitcher in the high-pressure situation. “That wasn’t the plan, but you have a Division- I guy sitting over there at first base, let’s go and get two outs,” Napoleon said. “Highland Park started putting the bat on the ball and got into a groove. They did a nice job of not giving up.” Highland Park didn’t make it that easy for the Trevians though April 10, in Winnetka. The Giants attempted to claw their way back, putting up six runs in the top of the seventh, but the Trevians held off the visitors to win the game 9-7. Calarco entered in the top of the seventh with the bases loaded and only one out after the Giants had scored five runs to cut the lead to 9-6. An RBI single by Jack Greenwald cut the score to 9-7, but the Northwestern-bound Calarco recovered to strike out the next two hitters, ending what turned out to be a crazy inning. “It’s pretty cold out so I needed to focus on getting loose,” Calarco said. “Bases loaded, I was really just looking to throw strikes and hit the spots my catcher was setting up. He did New Trier’s Pete Burnside delivers a pitch against Highland Park April 10 in Winnetka. Michael Wojtychiw/22nd Century Media a great job of keeping everything in front of him so just throwing strikes and staying within myself was key, not trying to strike everyone out.” The craziness for Highland Park started when Luke Semrad reached on a single and moved over to third on the next hitter, Michael Rooney’s, double. A walk to Joey Reinberg loaded the bases for senior John Sakos, who proceeded to knock a Preston Anderson offering out of the ballpark for a grand slam. “It feels like throughout the years we’ve never been out of games, so we knew if we get a couple hits strung together, we can come back,” Sakos said. “I was trying to get good contact on it (the grand slam) and a first-pitch fastball came in right where I like it, so I tried to square up and it ended up leaving the yard.” The next five hitters, Noah Shutan, Noah Spitz, Tyler Gussis, Jack Kramer, and Greenwald all reached on singles, with Shutan scoring on Kramer’s single and Spitz scoring on Greenwald’s. In all, nine consecutive batters reached for the Giants in the top of the seventh inning, but it wasn’t enough as Calarco came through when his team needed him the most. “Early in the game, we left a couple balls up on a pretty good hitter, their number two hitter, and he got them six runs right away,” Highland Park coach Jason Newburger said. “The great thing about this group is that they’re never out of a game. Top and bottom of the order, they grind it out with good at-bats, whether we’re up 10-0 or down 10-0 and we did that today. We just fell a bit short today.” The Trevians looked like they would roll early on, thanks to the bat of Calarco and the pitching arm of Pete Burnside. Calarco, the two-hitter in the Trevains’ lineup, drove a pitch in the bottom of the first that landed nearly across the street on Hibbard Road. He followed that up in the bottom of the second inning with a grand slam that gave the Trevians a 6-0 lead. “I was seeing the ball really well out of his hand,” Calarco said. “I was able to get a fastball in the first inning and then second time was a curve that came in on me and I was able to get under it. “Highland Park is a team that doesn’t stop fighting. They’re really scrappy and you have to play baseball until the final out.” New Trier would add runs in the third inning when Kyle Caponi drove in Payton Burch, Eddie Harvey drove in Henry Pelinski on a double play in the fifth inning and Matthew Roth plated Cam Redding on a single in the sixth. While the offense was putting up runs on the board, Burnside was keeping the Giants off of it. The junior went 5 1/3 innings, striking out seven and not allowing a baserunner until the fourth inning when Spitz knocked out a single. That would be only one of two Highland Park batters he would allow on base. “He was unbelievably accurate, painting the corners perfectly,” Sakos said. “He was almost unhittable, it’s just hard to square up and hit a ball when it’s perfectly on the outside corner.” The Giants scored their first run when Kramer hit a fielder’s choice to drive in Shutan in the sixth inning. Athlete of the month Cast your votes for Loyola and New Trier athletes Voting for this month’s Athlete of the Month contest is open. Cast your vote for your favorite athlete! The candidates include: • Hugh Brady, Loyola hockey • Charlie Scheinfeld, New Trier boys swimming • Alaina Vivian, New Trier girls water polo • Alexis Rocha, Loyola softball • Andrew Kirkpatrick, New Trier boys basketball Voting runs through the 25th at WilmetteBeacon.com. BVB From Page 50 their back row and I think it really frustrated us a little bit. Our guys weren’t used to being dug that easily.” James Snyder matched Fulks with six kills, while Ben Wiegand had 20 assists. Drake Johnson had four kills for the Ramblers (9-7) Loyola continued playing without outside hitter Jack Howard, who has been out all season with an injury. Ebeling said that Howard practiced all week but with a busy schedule next week, the team will look for him to come back next week at some point. Both teams now prepare for one of the better tournaments in the area, the Downers Grove South Tournament.
wilmettebeacon.com sports the wilmette beacon | April 19, 2018 | 49 Signing Day softball From Page 51 day. … It’s important that we battled on. It showed some resilience.” That determination to stand tough against adversity is what the coach is looking for his young team. New Trier had a 3-5 record following the win against its conference opponent and saw some positives even though his team let go of an 8-0 lead. The pitching is improving and hitting its spots while he also thinks the hitting is blossoming. No matter how it looked, it was important to get that first conference in. “It was important,” Cadwell said. “This was our first conference game, it was a win, so it was a good start. We should’ve dominated it a little more than we did, but it was good for this group because they need the confidence. They’re still growing and learning.” For GBS, it’s learning how to fight back for such a young team. The team stands at 0-6 after its loss to New Trier, but Boehmer remains encouraged by the fight she sees from her players. The Titans are learning how to communicate at the varsity level and she admitted they might be timid and scared at times when faced with adversity. But with efforts like the one against New Trier, she won’t be surprised to see her team quickly make improvements as the season progresses. “We’re a young team,” Boehmer said. “We have four freshmen starting on our team, so it’s going to be a learning process. … It’s time to step up to a new level.” New Trier student-athletes pose for a picture after choosing their colleges next year on Signing Day April 10 in Winnetka. Photo submitted New Trier student-athletes make collegiate decisions Michael Wojtychiw, Sports Editor New Trier celebrated the third National Signing Day on April 10, at the Winnetka campus by honoring 17 studentathletes who picked which academic institutions they will be attending next year to continue their academic and athletic pursuits. The athletes represented nine different sports, including basketball, golf, football, field hockey, rowing, baseball, soccer, wrestling and swimming and 16 different universities. The total number of New Trier studentathletes who will be participating in collegiate athletics starting in the fall of 2018 now stands at 51. The student-athletes choosing their collegiate destinations on April 10 were: Wrestling • Patrick Ryan - American University • Jack Tangen - Lindenwood University Swimming • Gigi Picard - Mount Holyoke College Basketball • Griffin Ryan - University of Pennsylvania Field hockey • Jenn Kirby - Rhodes College • Hannah Roth - Haverford College Soccer • Sydney Parker - DePaul • Abby Merk - Bates College • Whitney Hoban - Trinity College • Nicole Kaspi - University of Chicago Baseball • Spencer Beacom - University of Chicago Football • Konner Klassen - University of Nebraska-Kearney • Michael Vinson - Notre Dame Rowing • Galen Quinn - University of Wisconsin-Madison Golf • Will Nummy - Illinois Wesleyan • Jack Culbertson - Knox College Do you suffer from vertigo, dizziness or loss of balance? DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS? • spinning sensation or dizziness • feeling lightheaded or woozy • feeling of walking on a boat • falling or feeling of falling • vertigo (whirling) • visual blurring • disorientation • swaying • floating TREATED IN 3 EASY STEPS WITH 85% SUCCESS A Fall Risk Assessment performed by Linda Backus, MSPT Vestibular Rehabilitation Specialist & her team is simple, painless & effective. To schedule an appointment please call 847.243.6444. Treatment is covered by Medicare & Most Insurances Glenview, Highland Park, Vernon Hills, Bloomingdale & Hinsdale 847.243.6444
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